“That bad old man”: aespa’s fans show support after their comeback was reportedly delayed because of Lee Soo-man
Lily Fisher
Published Jan 24, 2026
aespa is trapped in the continuous fight between SM Amusement’s Lee Soo-man and the organization’s chiefs, who are mudslinging each other in broad daylight.
On February 16, Co-President Lee Sung-soo uncovered that proprietor Lee Soo-man’s way of behaving is causing a mark in SM Diversion and the specialists’ professions in peril. Co-Chief Lee Sung-soo blamed proprietor Lee Soo-person for postponing the gathering’s rebound with superfluous changes, which supposedly carried the young ladies to tears.
MYs, aespa’s being a fan, were discouraged to discover that the young ladies cried subsequent to discovering that their much-anticipated rebound was postponed because of the organization’s inside governmental issues and issues.
Because of the continuous media reports, a fan composed via virtual entertainment,
MYs took to web-based entertainment to drift “Equity for aespa” as their much-anticipated rebound got postponed because of the continuous quarrel between Lee Soo-man and SM Diversion’s Co-Presidents Lee Sung-soo and Tak Youthful jun over the organization’s business approaches.
MYs are furious, upset, and baffled that the Dark Mamba artists needed to endure the worst part of the organization’s unfortunate administration abilities, which even carried them to tears. Fans are of the assessment that the young ladies merit more music and rebounds, taking into account the gifted new young lady bunches around them are causing disturbances.
SM Amusement’s Co-Presidents Lee Sung-soo and Tak Youthful jun attacked the organization’s proprietor Lee Soo-individual for imperiling their specialists’ vocations for his own advantages, especially the gifted Gen 4 young lady bunch.
On February 16, Lee Sung-soo chose to open up to the world by uncovering that the Dark Mamba young ladies had initially wanted to get back in the saddle on February 20. In any case, during the collection’s creation cycle, Lee Soo-man requested the gathering’s A&R group to change the verses of their rebound tune to make references to ‘climate,’ ‘tree planting,’ and ‘supportability.’
The A&R group contended that the idea doesn’t fit well with aespa, whose center idea is metaverse and the Kwangya universe. Nonetheless, Lee Soo-man demanded over and again, causing co-President Lee Sung-soo to drop the gathering’s rebound because of inventive issues.
Lee Sung-soo uncovered that individuals Karina, Winter, Giselle, and Ningning shed tears in the wake of hearing that their new melody would be rejected and their rebound would be deferred.
“Portions of the verses incorporate “just maintainability,” “bringing down the degree by even one,” “conjunction,” and “greenism.” These words that have no connection to K-Pop at all showed up in the verses to a great extent. The early piece of the tune even contained “establishing trees.” The aespa individuals were so vexed they even got broken down [with tears].”aespa individuals unpretentiously concealed SM Amusement on late livestream
On February 16, Karina, Winter, Giselle, and NingNing facilitated a shock live for fans in front of their impending show. The Powerful artists shared their considerations on their mark, SM Diversion, during the live stream.
Sharing their energy, they uncovered that they are getting ready hard for their impending show and will reveal their new melody live for the fans. They additionally shared that they will feature new movements and trust their fans appreciate them.
[INFO] @aespa_official‘s comeback was scheduled to happen this month on February 20th but it got delayed.
CEO Lee Soo Man wanted aespa to sing a song with lyrics about planting trees but this was scrapped and caused the delay of their comeback.
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— aespa charts (@aescharts) February 16, 2023
At a certain point, fans referenced that the ticket costs were costly, in any event, for the web-based show. The young ladies read out the remark without holding back and favored fans, communicating their mistake with the high ticket costs.
“What? Do they need to pay to watch on the web? It’s additionally costly (to watch) on the web. It costs [/krw]60000[/krw] (to watch on the web).”
The individuals concurred that the ticket costs were to be sure costly and communicated their mistake.
“Indeed, even I am frustrated (for you all).”
Fans saw that the Powerful vocalists were quietly concealing their organization by communicating fortitude with fans.